# Codebook for "The Ties that Bind: Do Group Associations among Legislators Matter for Political Parties?" by Peter J. Tunkis, published in 'Problems of Post-Communism' (2016).

This folder contains the following files:
 - GroupAssoc_MPAD_PL.dta
 - GroupAssoc_Replication.do
 - GroupAssoc_README.txt

"GroupAssoc_MPAD_PL.dta" contains the data used in this article to produce all tables and figures. These data are a combination of selected variables from MPAD (for Poland, 1997-2007) merged with EAST PaC (based on individuals' ID code for region, social class, year of birth, list position, gender), whereas loyalty scores are calculated using Polish roll-call data provided by Simon Hug and Reto W�est, which are available upon request from these authors. The data in this folder are saved in STATA 12/11 format. Data citations are as follows:
 - MPAD:
    - Tunkis, Peter J. 2016. "The Ties that Bind: Do Group Associations among Legislators Matter for Political Parties?" Problems of Post-Communism.
 - EAST PaC
    - East European Parliamentarian and Candidate Data (EAST PaC). 1985 - 2014. Version 1.0. Funded by Poland�s National Science Centre (decision number 2012/05/E/HS6/03556).
 - Polish roll-call data
    - Hug, Simon, and Reto W�est. 2012."Ideological Positions of Party Switchers." Paper prepared for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL (April 12-15).

"GroupAssoc_Replication.do" is a STATA script that will replicate all tables and figures reported in the article. To do so, open the dataset in this folder in STATA and then run the script. The entire script may be run at one time if so desired.

"GroupAssoc_README.txt" is the current file containing information about the replication data and script. Please feel free to contact Peter Tunkis at tunkis.1@osu.edu with any questions.